Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2023-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of heifer and steer feeder calves. Prices mostly on the higher side. Demand moderate to good. Next sale October 27 with a feeder sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $297.19/cwt on 3,674 head.

Average price

$297.19

3,674 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,671

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$242

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$27.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.11

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	301.92	1,713	3,046
Medium and Large 1-2	537	274.25	1,471	628

One grade step is worth $27.67/cwt here — about $242 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale3,674 hd

297.19

—

NE average10 barns · 14,746 hd

300.30

−3.11

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

37 lots · USDA AMS · Crawford Livestock Market - Crawford, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	403	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,259	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,588	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	240.77/cwt	230.00–246.50	1,380	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,471	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	701	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,668	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,046	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,359	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	291.07/cwt	275.00–304.00	1,694	813
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	341.63/cwt	320.00–354.00	1,500	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	322.32/cwt	300.00–328.00	1,531	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	288.54/cwt	271.00–295.25	1,795	753
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	256.33/cwt	247.00–261.00	1,699	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,908	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,090	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,273	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	290.27/cwt	272.50–296.00	1,544	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	311.52/cwt	299.25–328.00	1,648	552
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	263.98/cwt	252.50–274.00	1,536	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,817	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	561	316.34/cwt	313.00–319.00	1,775	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	280.44/cwt	268.00–292.50	1,882	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	638	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,697	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	229.45/cwt	220.00–235.50	1,659	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	301.48/cwt	300.00–304.00	1,257	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	279.52/cwt	265.00–292.00	1,361	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	268.83/cwt	261.00–277.00	1,030	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	260.36/cwt	249.00–266.00	1,627	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	297.17/cwt	282.50–310.00	1,153	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	272.86/cwt	260.00–285.50	1,302	337
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	259.93/cwt	247.00–271.00	1,518	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	503	336.48/cwt	332.50–342.50	1,692	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	248.50/cwt	244.00–257.00	1,185	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	472	338.56/cwt	333.00–345.00	1,598	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	248.45/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,530	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	296.64/cwt	286.00–306.00	1,243	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	265.54/cwt	251.00–275.00	1,418	508
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,112	22

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Crawford Livestock Market - Crawford, NE

Fri Oct 20, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 5,834Last week 3,235Year ago 6,579

Nice run of heifer and steer feeder calves. Prices mostly on the higher side. Demand moderate to good. Next sale October 27 with a feeder sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	403	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	656	242.00	242.00
8	—	701	238.00	238.00
20	—	310	337.50	337.50
79	—	388	282.50–310.00	297.17
337	—	477	260.00–285.50	272.86
248	—	584	247.00–271.00	259.93
64	—	616	240.00–254.00	248.45
76	—	419	286.00–306.00	296.64
508	—	534	251.00–275.00	265.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	573	230.00–246.50	240.77
6	—	630	233.50	233.50
45	—	383	261.00–277.00	268.83
103	—	477	244.00–257.00	248.50
22	—	432	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	380	357.50	357.50
813	—	582	275.00–304.00	291.07
113	—	439	320.00–354.00	341.63
245	—	475	300.00–328.00	322.32
753	—	622	271.00–295.25	288.54
63	—	700	272.50	272.50
18	—	335	380.00	380.00
552	—	529	299.25–328.00	311.52
17	—	751	242.00	242.00
127	—	671	268.00–292.50	280.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	663	247.00–261.00	256.33
23	—	386	282.50	282.50
68	—	532	272.50–296.00	290.27
117	—	582	252.50–274.00	263.98
13	—	723	220.00–235.50	229.45
41	—	417	300.00–304.00	301.48
251	—	487	265.00–292.00	279.52
31	—	625	249.00–266.00	260.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
174	—	561	313.00–319.00	316.34
90	—	503	332.50–342.50	336.48
57	—	472	333.00–345.00	338.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	638	266.00	266.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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